General News.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19156, 12 November 1927, Page 16

General News.

The auction advertisements of Lohrey and Co., Ltd., Wallace, Wade Co., Ltd., P. 8. Nicholls and Co., Ltd., , John Eeid and Sons, Ltd., H. B. Sorensen, N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. Association, Ltd., Tonks, Norton, and Co-, Ltd., Commissioner Crown Lands, Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd., and McKenzie and Willis appear on Page 27 of this issue. The Rose Day collections in Welling- > ton yesterday resulted in approximately ( £SOO being collected.—Press Association. The City was deserted yesterday when , the holiday resulted in crowds attending ' the trots at Addington and the Royal 1 Show. At the beaches there were a few picnickers, and not many passengers travelled to Lyttelton. The Dunedin Chamber of Commerce has dispatched the following telegram to Mr Coates:—"We join the Invercargill Chamber in strongly protesting against the omission of any visit by Mr Amery to Invercargill, and to the studied neglect by the Government of the southern portion of the Dominion." —Press Association. "One of the great lessons of this tour is that parents should encourage their boy 3 to play cricket," said Mr Heathcote Williams at the civic welcome to the members of the New Zealand cricket team at Wellington. "Thev should," he added, "be taught to play from the time they were youngsters. Parents would find that it would pay, for cricket taught a young fellow many things that would stand him in good stead throughout his life. The question of holding compulsory inquests into the cause of fires was discussed at a meeting of the Wellington Fire Board yesterday. The chairman (Mr D. E. Wilkie) said there was a growing fire loss throughout New Zealand. In Queensland he understood there was an enquiry into everv fire. The superintendent said that investigations were made in suspicious cases. It was decided to obtain particulars from Queensland.—Press Association. The question whether the introduction of summer time should involve any alteration in the hour of the Sunday evening service was raised at the meeting of the Auckland Presbytery. The Rev. D. C. Herron said that if they altered the hour it would look as if they were catering for people who made a pleasure day of Sunday. Several other speakers agreed there was no occasion for any alteration, and the Presbytery passed on to the next business. "It may interest New Zealand radio enthusiasts to know that all the time I was in the United States I made daily communication by radio with mv home in Rangiora," 'said Mr J. E. Strachan headmaster of the Rangiora High School, who lias just returned from a trip abroad. He added the ■reception both ways was excellent. Usually he used a'" 33-metres wavelength, 13 watts. On two occasions he talked continually for over two hours from New York. While he believes that cricket in New Zealand can have no greater ambassadors than the team which has returned to the Dominion, Mr D. Reese, chairman of the New Zealand Cricket' Council, places a limit on the game. Speaking at the civic welcome to the team he mentioned cases of noted players whose prospects in life had been sacrificed as the result of devoting too much time to cricket. There were, he said, certain limits to the concessions granted by employers with regard to leave. "We want cricket to remain in its proper, place in the community,'' added Mr Reese, "and we ask the members of the team to get back to work again." The works of art and historic relics presented to the City of Auckland by Mr Moss Davis have now been opened, and for the most part placed in permanent position. The marble bust of Napoleon and the Venus by Pajou occupy prominent positions by the main entrance to the art, galleries. Italian miniatures, an exquisitely bound album of Dickens' letters, and letters of Lord Nelson and Lord Tennyson, have found their place with the Grey and Shaw collections in an elaborately equipped case provided for them by the donor. The Italian painting of the Crucifixion is to be hung in the main gallery. Space is to be made on the walls of the copies room for the paintings by Lord Leighton and Murillo. The Maori and Polynesian' curios included among the gifts have not yet been dealt with. Johnston's N.C. Motor Co., Ltd., Cen tral Garage, Rangiora. Complete plant and staff for repairs in motor-cars and tractors. Tyres, Petrol, and all accessories in stock. Garage 'Phone 87. G. Ecroyd, Travelling Rep.; W. C. Wilson, Travelling Rep.; A. Prestney, Manager. Private 'Phone 88. —1 Any farmer who ownß a Tractor of • any kind is advised to buy "Ideal" Thrashers. Priceß from £270. Tho "Ideal" is guaranteed. T. and S. Mor rin and Fenwick, Ltd., 377 Moorhouse avenue, Christchurch. —6 Threshing Machine Owners and Farmers are invited to inspect at our works our Improved Dunn Elevator Feeder and Band Cutter with jib crane and winch-raising gear. This attachment saves tho New Zealand grain grower more labour than any single discovery made in the last forty years. P. and D. Duncan, Ltd., Tuam street. Christchurch. D 3322 The Hotel Federal's new and up-to-date dining-room is now completed with accommodation for 200 guests, and specialising in casual luncheons from 12.30 to 2 p.m. Six courses (including grills), 2s 6d. 'Phone 1040 to reserve tables. —6 ;